This is not the first time that Italy and the other European countries are trying to disrupt the illegal streaming of football. Recently Spain gave a final shove to the famous portal Rojadirecta. Last November, 152 websites were blocked for the same reason as well.
In that occasion, Fulvio Sarzana, the lawyer that assists some of the net operators stated:“This is the most important seizure in Italian history. Let’s think that in the last three years the authorities presented the same number of reports that are executed today with a single act of the competent judicial authority.”
http://asroma360.com/2017/02/football-streaming-italy-closed-290-illegal-websites-last-three-months/